HOW TO – Fix an Apple Mighty Mouse
Macfreak writes – “My Mighty Mouse stopped scrolling down, only upwards. The cleaning method as mentioned on the ‘Apple website’ didn’t solve the problem, so as a last resort: operation Mouse!” – Link.
Computers & Mobile
The latest DIY ideas, techniques and tools for digital gadgetry, open code, smart hacks, and more. Processing power to the people!
Letter holder laptop stand
Zengineer used one of those paper/letter holders to make a quick and dirty laptop stand – “I find myself using my laptop for long periods of time. I also notice that I am slouching when I use my notebook as it forces me to bend my neck to look downwards. Heres a simple notebook stand […]
iTunes PDF Subscriptions…eBooks
About a year ago we started sending MAKE sample PDFs through iTunes, we were hoping it would catch on and eventually become another way to distribute eBooks – and now there are a couple more, so maybe it will start to happen — Wikinews print edition and Rick Steve’s audio tours – [via] Link. I […]
HOW TO – Hacking a USB Keyboard (Make a typewriter keyboard)
Randofo writes – “How to hack a USB keyboard or any keyboard for that matter. Send inputs into the computer without a pesky microcontroller. Once you have a hacked keyboard you can use it for a number of functions and attach a number of different types of switches. You can build your own typewriter keyboard […]
Hammock made with Sketchup…
MonkeyHumper writes – “My wife wanted a hammock for the backyard, and Sketchup came to the rescue. I found the easiest way to build in Sketchup is to build a bunch of standard lumber sizes and use them over and over again. I can’t wait to make it… “ – Link. Check out other projects […]
OPENSTEP on Thinkpad 755C
Running Mac OS X on Intel is so 3 months ago, Brian is running OPENSTEP on a Thinkpad 755C – “No major trickery to get this to work… just installed a SCSI CD-ROM drive into the ThinkPad Dock and did the install. I do have to pass the “rootdev=hd0a” arg when I boot up, though.” […]
Dead Hard drive projects
Alan writes – “What do you do when your hard drive dies or is so small it is no longer useful? Easy, rip it apart and make something cool out of it! Here are 5 ideas to get you started. See project VIDEOS and PICTURES. (Includes the never before seen Hard Drive Oscilloscope)” – Link.